krevja

Faroese

Verb

krevja (third person singular past indicative kravdi, third person plural past indicative kravdu, supine kravt)

1. to demand

Conjugation

Conjugation of krevja (group v-18)

infinitive	krevja
supine	kravt
	present	past
first singular	krevji	kravdi
second singular	krevur	kravdi
third singular	krevur	kravdi
plural	krevja	kravdu
participle (a7)1	krevjandi	kravdur
	imperative
singular	krev!
plural	krevjið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• krevje

Etymology

From Old Norse krefja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²krɛʋjɑ/

Verb

krevja (present tense krev, past tense kravde, past participle kravt or kravd, passive infinitive krevjast, present participle krevjande, imperative krev)

1. to demand (request forcefully)

   Eg krev at dette vert ordna opp i innan onsdag.

   I demand that this is sorted out before Wednesday.

2. to demand (require of someone), require, to have as a necessity

   Denne stillinga krev detaljert kunnskap om data.

   This position requires detailed knowledge about computers.

Derived terms

• tidkrevjande

See also

• kreve (Bokmål)

References

• “krevja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.